Maika Monroe Quotes
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You learn so much on set; I don't know if you learn as much anywhere else as you do when you're on set, working.
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I grew up such a horror fan, it's kinda cool being named 'Scream Queen.' I like that.
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'The Shining,' 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' 'Halloween.' Those are the greats.
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I'm an only child, and we're a close family.
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Do stuff that scares you on a regular basis. I think it's good for the body and for the mind.
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I'm working on a movie called 'Labor Day' with Kate Winslet while still balancing kite boarding. Being an actress and an athlete is a challenge, but I'm excited to see what happens.
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When I'm filming, it's in the contract - 'No kiteboarding' - ha ha.
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Before acting took off, I was a professional kiteboarder training for the world circuit; with a sporting activity, you have to be determined, and it taught me to have a thick skin, which came in use after going to so many auditions and being told 'no.'
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There's a lot of garbage, and then there are those ones that just stand out so incredibly. You fight for those roles; you do everything in your power to get it.
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It fell into my lap. I grew up doing dance classes. And one day, a film production company contacted my dance school looking for background dancers. I wasn't looking for it. It just happened. And I found myself on set. And that was that.
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My dad taught me to kiteboard when I was 13, and around the same time, I happened to just fall into being an extra on a set and fell in love with acting and making movies.
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I've never experienced complete terror, knock on wood, or running for my life or any of that.
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I grew up in the indie world, and that's what I'm used to, but there's something really incredible about having money behind a film and having the time to do as many takes as you want.
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It's really cool to be able to do both. I get a chance to be in this film with these amazing actors, the coolest people ever, and I try to kiteboard as much in my free time as I can.
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SOLOSHOT is such a brilliant idea and an athlete's dream. It has given me the ability to film myself training without anyone's help - it's perfect because I can go to the beach, set up my SOLOSHOT, and not have to rely on anyone to stand there and film me from the beach for hours.
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For me, it's first about the characters. I look for a character who is intriguing and challenging and different from what I've done before.
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If you've got people around you that are like, 'Oh, you're so good,' this and that, it becomes unhealthy. My friends are like, 'You look like a doofus.' I'm like, 'Thank you. Thank you for that.' It keeps me grounded.
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I have my own past and my own personality. I'm going to relate to the material in a completely different way than somebody else might.
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When you look at the roles I've done and the roles coming up, they're all strong. I guess I'm more drawn to that than that kind of submissive role females can be categorised as.
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I think it's really good to get the adrenaline pumping.
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A lot of times, I'll get roles where it's the dumb blonde or the cheerleader, and I just have no interest - and it can be a great movie, it really can - or the mean girl; those things don't intrigue me much.
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I would really love to play a superhero. That is definitely up there on my list. Captain Marvel especially. That would be so cool.
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You can learn more from a person just from their observations and how they see the world. More so than just talking.
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Acting is such a crazy industry, but kite boarding keeps me grounded.